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...freight manifest, obtained by the BBC, appeared to show that the Ukrainian ship seized by pirates last month carried weapons destined for once war-ravaged southern Sudan. The document also listed Kenya as a co-signee, countering Kenyan claims that the weapons were meant for its own army. South Sudan's government denies the claim...
...Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian ship with 33 battle tanks aboard have lowered their ransom demand and say they are eager to negotiate, raising hope that the two-week standoff over the MV Faina will be resolved in a few days. If they're true to their word and the ship is released, the pirates will disappear back into the stew of Somalia and wait for their next opportunity...
Without definitive proof, there may be no choice but to let the Faina go. The shipping manifest quoted by the BBC is ambiguous at best - and does say that the consignee is Kenya's Ministry of Defense. "After a ship is released, what normally happens is, the ship is taken and debriefed by the warships that are closest to it," says Roger Middleton, the Africa Program consultant at the Chatham House think tank. "I'm pretty sure that whatever happens, they're going to be escorted for the rest of their journey. But the thing is that if these have...
...when the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution authorizing governments to use all necessary measures to combat piracy. That would presumably include the use of force. Now the warships guarding the Faina must calculate whether such a raid, which would put the lives of the 20 hostages aboard the ship at risk, is worth a potential catastrophe. "If they attack us, we will defend ourselves and the situation will worsen. We will fight until only a drop of blood is left in our bodies," Sugule Ali, the pirate spokesman, tells TIME from the deck of the Faina. "We believe that...
Because of the scrutiny the ship has been under, Kenya may ultimately have to take responsibility for the tanks and keep them, diplomats say. Proof that the tanks are headed for South Sudan would be a major embarrassment for Kenya, which not only helped broker the CPA but was one of the seven co-sponsors of a U.N. resolution that demanded a binding Global Arms Trade treaty, which would bring more transparency to the worldwide shipping of weapons. In reports to the U.N. over the past several years, Kenya has claimed no imports or exports, even though in 2007 Ukraine...